Global Warming and Climate Change News

Army vehicles, cement factories cause Kolhai glacier’s shrinking.
Monday November 10th 2008, 4:00 pm

Kashmir's largest glacier in Himalayas, Kolhai, has shrunk considerably due to unprecedented increase in temperature and high levels of pollution caused by the green house gases from Indian military vehicles and cement plants. [News Source]

Carbon dioxide to be stored under seabed.
Monday November 10th 2008, 4:00 pm

Millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide could soon be stored deep underground under new laws designed to help tackle climate change. [News Source]

‘Big gains in greener behaviour’.
Monday November 10th 2008, 4:00 pm

A detailed analysis of Victoria's greenhouse footprint has found the state could slash its emissions in half by 2020, largely through existing technology that is yet to be embraced. [News Source]

Don seeks stiffer sanction against gas flaring.
Monday November 10th 2008, 4:00 pm

Worried by the non compliance by Niger Delta oil companies to stop gas flaring, one of the world’s climate experts has called on the Federal Government to slam a stiffer sanction on those involved in the practice. [News Source]

Clean coal is no quick fix.
Monday November 10th 2008, 4:00 pm

Alberta and Saskatchewan are determined to clean up coal and pump carbon dioxide back into the ground, two achievements that would turn the world's dirtiest fossil fuels coal and tar-sands oil into a climate-friendly source of energy. [News Source]

Big nuke company seeks CO2 cuts.
Monday November 10th 2008, 4:00 pm

US corporations are struggling with a new issue: reducing their carbon footprint. They're anticipating federal requirements to reduce carbon outputs to limit climate change. [News Source]

Climate cleanup costs could trickle down.
Monday November 10th 2008, 4:00 pm

Electric companies produce almost a third of the greenhouse gas emissions in Kansas, according to a state audit for a group created to find ways to combat climate change. [News Source]

Canadians facing economic-environmental trade-off.
Monday November 10th 2008, 4:00 pm

As much of the developed world slides into a recession after almost a decade of economic prosperity, Canadians may find they're winning a resilient economy at the cost of an environmental hangover. [News Source]

Obama likely to boost alternative energy.
Monday November 10th 2008, 4:00 pm

Barack Obama's election has members of the alternative energy world sounding positively giddy, an enthusiasm not shared by their competitors in the oil industry. [News Source]

Cost, biofuels smudge lines in debate on coal-fired power plant.
Monday November 10th 2008, 4:00 pm

Lawrence Roe seems an unlikely opponent of the $1.3 billion coal-fired power plant Alliant Energy Corp. wants to build in Wisconsin's southwest corner. [News Source]

Climate tops meeting of religious leader.
Monday November 10th 2008, 4:00 pm

Climate issues, including how to tackle global warming, were to top discussions at a gathering of some 30 religious leaders and policy-makers from various faiths of the world. [News Source]